Yellow Magic Orchestra - Yellow Magic Orchestra

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A1	Computer Game "Theme From The Circus" Arranged By – Yellow Magic Orchestra	6:38
A2	Firecracker Written-By – M. Denny*	0:02
A3	Simoon Vocals – Shunichi HashimotoWritten-By – C. Mosdell*, H. Hosono*	6:28
A4	Cosmic Surfin' Guitar – Masayoshi TakanakaWritten-By – H. Hosono*	4:27
A5	Computer Game "Theme From The Invader" Arranged By – Yellow Magic Orchestra	1:00
B1	Yellow Magic (Tong Poo) Written-By – R. Sakamoto*	6:20
B2	La Femme Chinoise Guitar – Masayoshi TakanakaVoice – Tomoko NunoiWritten-By – C. Mosdell*, Y. Takahashi*	6:05
B3	Bridge Over Troubled Music Written-By – Yellow Magic*	1:00
B4	Mad Pierrot Written-By – H. Hosono*	4:22

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – A&M Records, Inc.
• Copyright (c) – A&M Records, Inc.
• Manufactured By – A&M Records Of Canada Limited
• Distributed By – A&M Records Of Canada Limited
• Printed By – Ever Reddy
• Pressed By – Quality Records Limited
• Licensed From – Alfa Records, Inc
• Published By – Alfa Music
• Published By – Almo Music Corp.
• Published By – Exotica Publishing Co.
• Recorded At – ALFA Studio A
• Mixed At – Capitol Records, Studio A, Hollywood
• Mastered At – The Lacquer Channel Limited

Credits

• Arranged By, Performer – Yellow Magic Orchestra
• Art Direction – Roland Young
• Bass, Electronics, Keyboards, Arranged By, Producer – Harry Hosono*
• Computer, Programmed By – Hideki Matsutake
• Coordinator – Shunsuke Miyazumi
• Cover [Back], Artwork – Masayoshi Sukita
• Cover [Front], Artwork – Lou Beach
• Design – Amy Nagasawa, Chuck Beeson
• Drums, Percussion, Electronics, Vocals – Yukihiro Takahashi
• Engineer – Atsushi Saito, Norio Yoshizawa
• Executive-Producer – Kunihiko Murai
• Keyboards, Electronics, Percussion, Orchestrated By – Ryuichi Sakamoto
• Mixed By – Al Schmitt
• Supervised By – Tommy Li Puma*

Notes

With A&M Canada inner sleeve. No barcode on this first Horizon issue.

Recorded at studio 'A', Shibaura, Tokyo: July 10 to September 5, 1978
Mixed at Capitol Records Studios, Hollywood: February 12 to February 16, 1979

A1 and A5 only get an arranged by credit. Times for A1 & A2 are highly inaccurate; the tracks blend into each other.

Made in Canada.

All selections Alpha Music, administered by Almo Music Corp. (ASCAP) except A2 published by Exotica Publishing Co. (ASCAP)
Sleeve has mastering credit for Mike Reese at The Mastering Lab as per the original US artwork, but runouts indicate it isn't applicable to this release.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side One): SP-736-A PARA TLC-T
• Matrix / Runout (Side Two): SP-736-B PARA TLC-T

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
ALR-6012	Yellow Magic Orchestra	Yellow Magic Orchestra ‎(LP, Album, Fir)	Alfa	ALR-6012	Japan	1978
ALC-1511	Yellow Magic Orchestra	Yellow Magic Orchestra ‎(Cass, Album)	Alfa	ALC-1511	Japan	1978
MHCL-20102	Yellow Magic Orchestra	Yellow Magic Orchestra ‎(CD, Album, Ltd, RE, RM)	GT Music	MHCL-20102	Japan	2010
TOCT-24246	Yellow Magic Orchestra	Yellow Magic Orchestra ‎(CD, Album, Promo, RE, RM)	Alfa	TOCT-24246	Japan	2000
ALCA-5215	Yellow Magic Orchestra	Yellow Magic Orchestra ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Alfa	ALCA-5215	Japan	1998

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